Cyclist Magazine

Is there too much cycling on TV?

In the space of half an hour you could watch one Cofidis rider win a stage in Norway and another take a yellow jersey in France

I don’t know about you, but the Tour de France Femmes was the perfect tonic for my habitual post-Tour blues.

Champion elect Jonas Vingegaard was still hours away from being crowned when Lorena Wiebes surged clear on the Champs-Élysées to take the inaugural yellow jersey of the rebooted women’s Tour. celebrations and a Fanta-fuelled Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig delivering the best post-victory interview you’ll see all year, then culminating with an Annemiek van Vleuten masterclass in the Vosges.

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